Our Team
President and CEO
Alex Rudkevich
As NEG’s President and CEO, Dr. Rudkevich is instrumental in forming the strategic vision for the Company’s products and services and is responsible for making key business decisions. He has decades of experience in applying energy economics, modeling, and optimization to complex studies of energy systems and markets.
CTO, Partner
John Goldis
As NEG’s CTO, Dr. Goldis oversees the technological direction of the company in alignment with its business goals and is responsible for developing technical roadmaps and directing project execution. He has over a decade experience working in energy market consulting, optimization and software development.
President, Polaris Systems Optimization
Dr. Russ Philbrick
Russ is a leading expert in the application of mixed-integer programming to security constrained unit commitment and economic dispatch and the deployment of these capabilities in market management systems (MMS) and energy management systems (EMS) of large utilities in the U.S. and internationally.
COO
Rafael Castro
As a company COO, Dr. Castro is responsible for all the company operational decisions. As a VP Analytics, he oversees the development, delivery and support all data and analytics services. His areas of expertise include energy systems modeling, optimization and support of market modeling systems of major ISOs and RTOs in the United States.
VP Sales
Brent Henrickson
Mr. Hendrickson oversees company’s business development and sales activities. He has decades of experience in business development, and sales of energy modeling systems and data products worldwide.
Developer
Vadym Kovalenko
Vadym Kovalenko is responsible for managing the team of developers advancing and supporting ENELYTIX SaaS cloud-based technology. He has over ten years of experience in software development with a strong emphasis on cloud technologies and high-performance computing.
Data Team Lead
Ian Schomer
As NEG’s Data Team Lead, Ian is responsible for the quality and timely delivery of data model updates for the United States and Europe. Since joining NEG, He was a key developer of the processes and software infrastructure behind Enelytix ENELYTIX Weather. He has academic and research experience in power systems, energy markets, and pythonic programming.
Energy Research Analyst
Selin Yanikara
Dr. Yanikara is an Energy Research Analyst at NEG. She works directly with the developers of the Power System Optimizer (PSO), the main simulation and optimization engine component of NEG’s ENELYTIX SaaS. She actively contributes to the development, testing, advanced applications, and client support of PSO and of ENELYTIX in general. With a background in operations research and engineering, Dr. Yanikara has over 5 years of academic and industry experience in the study of wholesale energy markets and distribution networks.
